by John Gaudio, Posted 12:31 AM. Picked up by Google, 2:22 AM, (under 2 hours.) I seldom blog about politics, but this is important. The main stream media, including very liberal papers like the New York Times, would have us believe that John McCain is the obvious Republican candidate. I don't believe them. The primary race is barely begun. A few days ago the pundits told us it had to be Rudy or Romney. Rudy fell hard in Florida, and not surprisingly endorsed John McCain who shares many of his liberal views. Now those same pundits would have us believe the race is over, but Mitt Romney, Wayne Allard, Bob Beauprez, and about ten times the number of Mitt Romney supporters that anyone was expecting, see it differently. Very differently. Mitt Romney's rally at Freeway Ford was packed with 1,500 enthusiastic supporters chanting "We want Mitt," and Mitt proved himself to be a truly class act. When John McCain's name came up, and the crowd began to boo, Romney raised his hands to quiet the crowd. And in so doing, he raised the process to a higher level. He was eloquent, charming, articulate, and very real, especially when speaking of his family and his friends. Senator Wayne Allard introduced Governor Romney, told us this was now a two man race, and that in this election the answers will come from outside of Washington, not inside. Senator Allard said that Romney's record stands up to his talk, that Romney has managed the economy, that Romney's helped bail businesses out of trouble, and that Romney's helped bail Massachusetts out of trouble. Please click, (or double click) the video above to catch Wayne Allard's introduction, and the first few minutes of Mitt Romney's address here in Denver, Colorado, just a few days before Super Tuesday. I particularly enjoyed learning about his eighteen month old grandson, Parker Mitt Romney. It made me wonder, could Parker Mitt Romney be the Republican presidential candidate in 2056? I'll be posting more of the video later. Watching and listening to Mitt Romney gave me a sense of his love of family, his sense of humor, and his willingness to raise the level of the political process to one commensurate with the importance of the decisions we'll make in choosing the next President of the United States. If you're in one of the 25 states with a primary or caucus this Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, please take the time to participate. It's not the place of The New York Times to tell us who the Republican candidate is destined to be. It is our place to make our own decision. It is the duty of newspapers to report on the choices that we, the people, make. It is not the place of the newspapers to tell us what those choices must be. |
